Breaking Waves: Ocean News

World’s biggest iceberg breaks up after 40 years: ‘Most don’t make it this far’

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:37:01 +0000

‘Megaberg’ known as A23a has rapidly disintegrated in warmer warmers and could disappear within weeks

Nearly 40 years after breaking off Antarctica, a colossal iceberg ranked among the oldest and largest ever recorded is finally crumbling apart in warmer waters, and could disappear within weeks.

Earlier this year, the “megaberg” known as A23a weighed a little under a trillion tonnes and was more than twice the size of Greater London, a behemoth unrivalled at the time.

English water firms spend £16.6m on legal fees over environmental breaches

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:56:44 +0000

MPs on Commons committee describe figures as a waste and say money should have been used to fix infrastructure

English water companies have spent £16.6m fighting legal action against regulators and campaigners over environmental breaches such as illegal sewage spills.

Correspondence from the companies to the Commons environment, food and rural affairs (Efra) committee published on Tuesday reveals that millions of pounds of billpayers’ money has been spent over the past five years on expensive external lawyers enlisted to reduce liabilities for regulatory breaches.

Eight-year-old loses ‘significant amount of blood’ after shark attack in Florida

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:46:39 +0000

Authorities said the boy, who survived and was hospitalized, was bitten while snorkelling near Key Largo

An eight-year-old child suffered “a significant amount of blood loss” after he was bitten by a shark as he was snorkelling near Key Largo on Monday, authorities in Florida said.

Mining magnate Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo charity makes undisclosed donation to the Australia Institute

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:01:01 +0000

Exclusive: The progressive thinktank, which has championed a ‘real zero’ emissions policy, says it protects privacy of donors to avoid them being targeted

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There are just 150 of these creamy-flowered shrubs left in the world – and Victoria’s fire plan may decimate a third

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:00:59 +0000

More than 40 round-leaf pomaderris discovered by environmental community group inside the area earmarked for fire break in July

A mere 150 round-leaf pomaderris are thought left in the world and a planned fire break in Victoria could decimate almost 30% of those last remaining plants.

Trump team’s contentious climate report ‘makes a mockery of science’, experts say

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:00:54 +0000

Over 85 top climate specialists lambasted administration’s review, calling it a ‘shoddy mess’ that downplays risks

A group of the US’s leading climate scientists have compiled a withering review of a controversial Trump administration report that downplays the risks of the climate crisis, finding that the document is biased, riddled with errors and fails basic scientific credibility.

Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:00:34 +0000

Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climate

Politicians and policymakers significantly underestimate the public’s willingness to contribute to climate action, limiting the ambition and scope of green policies, according to research.

Why Trump’s undermining of US statistics is so dangerous | Daniel Malinsky

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:00:32 +0000

From the firing of the labor statistics chief to plans for a new census, the president’s moves serve to entrench authoritarianism

Global temperatures to remain above average despite return of La Niña, says UN

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:08:27 +0000

Climate phenomenon cools surface of Pacific but won’t stop human-induced climate change increasing temperatures and exacerbating extreme weather

The cooling La Niña weather phenomenon may return between September and November, but even if it does, global temperatures are expected to be above average, the United Nations has said.

La Niña is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that cools surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. It brings changes in winds, pressure and rainfall patterns.

EDF extends lifespan of two UK nuclear plants, securing 1,000 jobs for longer

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 07:48:52 +0000

Heysham 1 in Lancashire and Hartlepool in Teesside to continue operating until March 2028

The lifespan of two UK nuclear power stations that power more than 4m homes a year has been extended by France’s EDF and the British Gas owner Centrica.

Heysham 1 in Lancashire and Hartlepool in Teesside will continue generating until March 2028, a year longer than planned.